Malta School Board offers early retirement to 8

The Malta School Board passed a motion at their monthly meeting last Wednesday night which will allow up to eight teachers to retire early and early indications are that at least seven will take the school board’s offer and retire at the end of the year.

Malta Schools Superintendent Kris Kuehn told the Malta trustees that the early retirements would help with next year’s budget and allow the school to avoid letting go non-tenured teachers or cutting program offerings.

“In other words, during a budget crunch, sometimes the most palatable option is to offer a retirement incentive whereby natural...